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This book analyses the India, Brazil, South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA), focusing on the communalities and differences in the way foreign policy is conceptualized in its member states. Utilizing 83 interviews with foreign policy makers and experts, as well as the analysis of 119 foreign-policy speeches, the author traces key shifts in official foreign policy discourse.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
• 1.1. IBS A Dialogue Forum and Its Global Context
• 1.2. Basic Argument and Research Question
• 1.3. Major Tensions in Foreign Policy Discourses
• 1.4. Organisation of the Study
• References
• 2. IBSA: Three Like-Minded States?
• 2.1. Four Operational Dimensions of IBSA
• 2.1.1. Political Coordination
• 2.1.2. Sectoral South
• South Cooperation
• 2.1.3. IBSA Fund: Providing Development Cooperation to Third Countries
• 2.1.4. Structured Interaction Among Non-government Fora
• 2.2. Making Sense of IBSA: What IR Theory Has to Say
• 2.2.1. World Systems and Dependency Theory: A Bullwark Against Imperialism?
• 2.2.2. Neorealism: A Balancing Coalition Against the Hegemon?
• 2.2.3. Middle Power Theory: A Coalition of Good Global Citizens?
• 2.2.4. (Neo-)Institutionalism: A Multilateral Utility?
• 2.2.5. Constructivist Theory: Three Like-Minded States?
• 2.3. Like-Mindedness Revisited: The Three Main Conceptual Dimensions of IBSA

• 2.3.1. Global Actorness and Regional-Global Nexus
• 2.3.2. Development
• 2.3.3. Democracy
• 2.3.4. Issues of Like-Mindedness in IBSA
• 2.4. Premises and Research Question
• References
• 3. Comparative Approach to Foreign Policy Discourse Analysis
• 3.1. Content Analysis as a Tool for Dissecting Discourses
• 3.2. Role Conceptions
• 3.2.1. Global System Leaders and the Regional-Global Nexus: Middle Versus Regional Powers
• 3.2.2. North
• South Versus South
• South Collaborators
• 3.2.3. Global System Supporter Versus Revisionist: What Space for Autonomy?
• 3.2.4. Trade-offs and Role Conflicts
• 3.3. Frames and the Argumentative Framing of Foreign Policy
• 3.3.1. Argumentative Frames and Framing Strategies
• 3.3.2. Framing Foreign Policy: Role Conceptions as Conclusions of Frames
• 3.4. Material: Speeches and Structured Interviews
• 3.4.1. Speeches
• 3.4.2. Structured Interviews
• 3.5. Summary
• References
• 4. Schools of Thought in Foreign Policy Discourse: The Potential for Convergence and Divergence Amongst IBSA States
• 4.1. India: From Gandhianism to Neoliberal Globalism
• 4.1.1. Gandhian Framing
• 4.1.2. Nehruvian Framing
• 4.1.3. Hindu Nationalist Framing
• 4.1.4. Neoliberal Globalist Framing
• 4.1.5. Continuity and Change in Indian Foreign Policy Discourse
• 4.2. Brazil: Foreign Policy as "International Insertion"
• 4.2.1. Developmentalist Framing
• 4.2.2. "Normal" or Neoliberal Framing
• 4.2.3. Logistic or Neo-desenvolvimentista Framing
• 4.2.4. Continuity and Change in Brazilian Foreign Policy Discourse
• 4.3. South Africa: Between Good Global Citizen and Radical Revisionist
• 4.3.1. Revolutionary-Internationalist Framing
• 4.3.2. Pan-Africanist Framing
• 4.3.3. Neoliberal Framing
• 4.3.4. Continuity and Change in South African Foreign Policy Discourse
• 4.4. Discursive Potential for Convergence and Divergence Amongst IBSA States
• 4.4.1. Global Actorness: Negotiating a Global Posture
• 4.4.2. Development: Riding the Cycles of Conventional Wisdom in Development Economics
• 4.4.3. Democracy: To Promote or Not to Promote?
• 4.4.4. Shared Space of Possibilities: A Spectrum of Potential IBSAs
• References
• 5. Official Framings of Foreign Policy: South
• South Leadership as Starting Point of the IBSA Initiative
• 5.1. India: Shifting Away from South
• South Leadership
• 5.1.1. Global Actorness: Fading South
• South Enthusiasm
• 5.1.2. Development: The Neoliberalisation of Nehruvianism
• 5.1.3. Democracy: Continued Wariness of "Diplomatic Activism"
• 5.1.4. IBSA and the Evolving Foreign Policy Discourse in India
• 5.2. Brazil: The "New Profile" (Novo Protagonismo)
• 5.2.1. Global Actorness: Brazil's Planetary Mission
• 5.2.2. Development: From Internal Development to Developer
• 5.2.3. Democracy: From Non-intervention to Non-Indifference
• 5.2.4. IBSA and the Evolving Foreign Policy Discourse in Brazil
• 5.3. South Africa: A Revisionist Driven by the Legacy of Struggle
• 5.3.1. Global Actorness: Back to Progressive Values?
• 5.3.2. Development: Free Trade and Ubuntu
• 5.3.3. Democracy: Good Governance and Internationalist Responsibility
• 5.3.4. IBSA and the Evolving Foreign Policy Discourse in South Africa
• 5.4. Intergovernmental Coincidences and Divergences
• 5.4.1. Global Actorness: Losing Sight of the South?
• 5.4.2. Development: Convergence on the Goal of "Emerging Donor" Status
• 5.4.3. Democracy: Liberal Consensus, Diverging Levels of Engagement
• 5.4.4. Shifting Core of Shared Role Conceptions in IBSA
• References
• 6. Contested Roles: Investigating Societal Framings of Foreign Policy in India, Brazil and South Africa
• 6.1. India: The Balancing Act of "Neoliberal Nehruvianism"
• 6.1.1. Global Actorness: The Commercial Great Power and Its Critics
• 6.1.2. Development: Traces of Nehruvian Mixed Economy
• 6.1.3. Democracy: Indications of a More Proactive Stance
• 6.1.4. IBSA in the Context of Discursive Struggles in India
• 6.2. Brazil: The Disputed "New Profile"
• 6.2.1. Global Actorness: The "New Profile" of Brazil
• 6.2.2. Development: From Dependency Theory to Pragmatic Player
• 6.2.3. Democracy: A Mixed Response to Non-indifference
• 6.2.4. IBSA in the Context of Discursive Struggles in Brazil
• 6.3. South Africa and the Half-Life of Revolutionary Internationalism
• 6.3.1. Global Actorness: Trying to Walk Ahead While Leading from Behind
• 6.3.2. Development: The "Mess" of Fusing Communism with Capitalism
• 6.3.3. Democracy: The Rainbow Nation and Its Historical Accolades
• 6.3.4. IBSA in the Context of Discursive Struggles in South Africa
• 6.4. Societal Coincidences and Divergences
• 6.4.1. Global Actorness
• 6.4.2. Development
• 6.4.3. Democracy
• References
• 7. Conclusions: The Like-Mindedness of the IBSA States
• 7.1. Core of IBSA: From Leaders of the Global South to Emerging Donors
• 7.1.1. Discourses as Enabling and Limiting Factor
• 7.1.2. Positioning in the Post-neoliberal Debate
• 7.1.3. North
• South/South
• South Dimensions: The Lack of a Shared Orientation
• 7.1.4. Regional-Global Nexus: Passive Regional Leaders
• 7.1.5. Democracy: A Mere Selection Criterion for IBSA Membership
• 7.1.6. Emerging Donor's Club: A Way Forward for IBSA?
• 7.1.7. Civil Society: Potential Largely Untapped
• 7.2. On Theoretical Premises and Method
• 7.2.1. Reflection on the Theoretical Premises
• 7.2.2. Method for Comparing Foreign Policy Discourses
• References
• 8. Outlook: IBSA and the Shadow of BRICS
• 8.1. Competition of Illustrious Clubs: IBSA Versus BRICS
• 8.1.1. IBSA in the Shadow of BRICS: Towards a Merger?
• 8.1.2. Continued Rationale for Maintaining IBSA in Parallel to BRICS
• 8.2. New Administrations in Brazil and India
• 8.3. Geopolitical Shifts
• 8.4. Perfecting the "Arranged Marriage"
• References.

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Author/Creator:

Husar, Jörg , author

Languages:

English

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Item content: English

Main Work:

Framing foreign policy in India, Brazil and South Africa: on the like-mindedness of the IBSA States [by Husar, J.]

Related Series:

Contributions to political science

Subjects:

India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum

India — Foreign relations — Brazil

India — Foreign relations — South Africa

Brazil — Foreign relations — India

Brazil — Foreign relations — South Africa

South Africa — Foreign relations — Brazil

South Africa — Foreign relations — India

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Includes bibliographical references.
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1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

F2523.5.I4 H87 2016eb

ISBNs:

9783319287157 (electronic bk.)
331928715X (electronic bk.)
9783319287140 [Invalid]
3319287141 (Trade Cloth)
9783319287140 (Trade Cloth)

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International Article Number: 9783319287140

OCLC Numbers:

949668663

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EBC4526301 (source: MiAaPQ)
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